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Tropical cyclones - the proper name for hurricanes - are named to provide ease of communication between forecasters and the public. First used by an Australian forecaster, who named hurricanes after politicians he didn't like. The meteorologist could publicly describe a politician as "causing great distress" or "wandering aimlessly about the Pacific." During World War II, tropical cyclones were given girlfriends or wives’ names by the U.S. Army Air Force and Navy meteorologists. From 1950 to 1952, hurricanes of the North Atlantic Ocean were identified by the phonetic alphabet (Able, Baker, Charlie), but in 1953 the U.S. Weather Bureau switched to women's names. Gender parity didn't come until 1979, when the U.S. National Weather Service switched to a list of names that included men's names.
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